Pāli Dictionary

kasiṇa1

Part of speech

noun · neuter

meditation

  • a kasiṇa; a meditation device or totality-object (e.g. disk of earth, water, colour) used as a support for concentration

  • AN 10.29

    dasa'y'imāni, bhikkhave, kasiṇ'āyatanāni. katamāni dasa? pathavīkasiṇam'eko sañjānāti uddhaṃ adho tiriyaṃ advayaṃ appamāṇaṃ.

kasiṇa2

Part of speech

adjective

Synonyms

kevala, sabbāvant, kevalakappa, sabbanta, kiṇha, sakala, nissesa

general

  • whole; entire; total; complete

  • MN 49

    ahesuṃ kho, bhikkhu, tayā pubbe samaṇabrāhmaṇā lokasmiṃ yāvatakaṃ tuyhaṃ kasiṇaṃ āyu tāvatakaṃ tesaṃ tapokammam'eva ahosi.

kāsi

approximate

via inflected form kāsinā · instrumental singular / ablative singular

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • Kāsi; name of an ancient Indian kingdom, whose capital was Bārāṇasī (Benares)

  • AN 10.29

    yāvatā, bhikkhave, kāsikosalā, yāvatā rañño pasenadissa kosalassa vijitaṃ, rājā tattha pasenadi kosalo aggam'akkhāyati.

  • SN 3.14

    atha kho rājā māgadho ajātasattu vedehiputto caturaṅginiṃ senaṃ sannayhitvā rājānaṃ pasenadiṃ kosalaṃ abbhuyyāsi yena kāsi.

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